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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7916159, member: 10461&quot;]Hey, it’s Monday again!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s one that’s in my Top Five “seller’s remorse” list.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But I got it from my friend [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER], and sold it back to him after proudly owning it a few years.&nbsp; It was, after all, his namesake coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Aethelred II, struck ca. 997-1003 AD</font></font></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367808[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Obverse:</font></font></b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> bust of Aethered II facing left.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> Long cross.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Canterbury Mint, issued 997-1003 AD. Spink-1151. PCGS MS63, cert #29851544. Formerly in an ICG AU55 holder, #5358340110. Ex-Michael Swoveland of WNC Coins, in a private North Carolina swap, 7/20/2013.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">By the late 12th century, 150 years or so after his death, Aethelred II of England was referred to as &quot;Aethelred The Unready&quot; for his supposed weakness in response to the invasions of the Danish Vikings. Despite this long-dead king&#039;s poor historical reputation, I have always loved this coin. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Because it is a Mint State survivor, I have little doubt that this piece came from a buried hoard, though unfortunately that specific provenance did not follow it into the numismatic marketplace. Being possessed of a rather romantic historical imagination, I like to dream that it was found in a Viking-era ship burial. While that&#039;s within the realm of possibility, we&#039;ll never know for sure. Aethelred the Unready paid a lot of coined silver to the Vikings as Danegeld, and thousands of these coins ended up in tombs and other buried hoards in England and Scandinavia.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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